And so it ends…
Simply because the Atlanta Braves had been on a sizzling streak, the San Francisco Giants took the facility again on this make-up recreation with a 7-3 win.
The Giants’ Rafael Devers set the tone with a house run within the high of the primary inning. Matt Olson answered proper after within the backside half with an RBI groundout to carry Drake Baldwin in and put the Braves on the board.
A Michael Harris II residence run then gave the Braves a 2-1 lead within the second inning.
San Francisco wouldn’t allow them to have the final phrase, nonetheless, after knocking in an RBI single of their very own within the high of the fifth to tie issues again up.
A back-and-forth matchup fashioned proper after, because the Braves reclaimed the lead with an RBI single from Baldwin to drive in Sean Murphy. However then the Giants answered again within the very subsequent inning with a homer to tie the sport at 3-3 within the sixth.
A sample was forming right here… however who would break it?
Sadly, Braves Nation, it was the Giants.
San Francisco drove in 4 extra runs to close the Braves down, turning what had been a aggressive back-and-forth matchup right into a 7-3 closing. Extra importantly, the loss snapped the Braves’ seven-game win streak simply earlier than they head out on their street journey to Washington.
You may’t win all of them, and it was an honest exhibiting from the Braves’ offense early on as they tried to regain their lead each time San Francisco answered again. And so they virtually had a promising ninth inning, opening the body with two runners on base and no outs.
It simply wasn’t sufficient to pressure a comeback, nonetheless, because the Braves in the end fell into the dropping column.
However what in regards to the protection?
Pitching by way of 5.1 innings, Bryce Elder allowed eight hits and gave up 5 runs, together with three walks and three strikeouts. His ERA climbed to 4.11, and Elder is exhibiting a special model of himself than the one Braves Nation was getting adjusted to seeing at first of the season.
So now, it’s a query of what precisely the issue is: Is it mechanics? A insecurity? Or is it one thing fully totally different that encompasses the entire above?
At this level, one may simply hope that Elder figures it out earlier than his subsequent outing and that he and Greg Maddux can provide you with a brand new plan of assault on the mound.
The Braves had a seven-game win streak going into this one, so whereas the loss stings, it doesn’t erase what they had been capable of construct over the previous week. Now, the main focus shifts to Washington and discovering a approach to get again to the model of this staff we witnessed only a week in the past.
Till then, Braves Nation, stay up for a collection in Washington and the Braves’ probability to bounce again.